Tacitus (c. 56/57-117+), considered the greatest historian of Rome, decided one day to attend a horse race for a bit of ancient Roman entertainment....
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
This painting, by the French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832), depicts Polyhymnia (also known as Polymnia), a Muse from ancient Greek mythology. Although the title...
This painting, by the French artist Sébastien Bourdon (c. 1616-1671), envisions a scene from the early life of Moses—the famous Hebrew prophet and leader...
(Soldiers from the Ming Dynasty Departure Herald, from the Jiajing reign period in China (1522-1566), via Creative Commons)
A Violent Golden Age
The centuries spanning...
This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (c. 1610-1662), depicts a Greco-Roman god of vegetation. The figure can be identified either as...
